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  • Nick Armstrong
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    • Nov 2010
    • 26573

    Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post
    So you didn't see the brilliant Monaco GP today? Starting behind the safety car in a downpour, then became a demolition derby on the damp track, then on lap 23 leader Ricciardo comes in for tyres - and they're still in their bags - handing the lead to Hamilton, who barely held him off for the rest of the race...
    And what about that Prost/Senna style collision by both Mercs in Catalunya last time out? Helping 18-year old Verstappen to his first win!

    After a dull coupla years five or six cars have a chance now, give it another go...!
    Life wouldn't be life without the Monaco Grand Prix. Champagne breakfast optional.
    I did. And yes, thanks to the rain, a bit of a shake-up... And yes the ups and downs of an 18 year old winning one race and then wiping the side off his car at the next... But I still feel it's become too much of a precious, hi-tech circus, and all the aerodynamic finessing has spoilt the cars and the racing...

    .

    NB I became a big fan in the 70s... and agree about the Monaco event - for a number of years I holed up in the Rascasse restaurant and watched the practice sessions (the race only once, but there's very little difference apart from infinitely greater numbers of annoying "socialites"...). I loved being so close to the cars. Here are my pics from the Rascasse balcony of Messrs Schumacher & Coulthard (the latter won the 2000 race I attended).






    So I am not deaf to the potential charms of the world of F1... (I prefer going to lower Formula racing these days - more 'real' in many ways)



    Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post


    People only watch motor racing because they want to see crashes happening.
    Nonsense!
    "...the isle is full of noises,
    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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    • Richard Barrett
      Guest
      • Jan 2016
      • 6259

      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
      the Monaco event
      But surely that's the worst of all - what's the point of a "race" where the track is so narrow and the cars so wide that overtaking is almost impossible?

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      • Nick Armstrong
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 26573

        Originally posted by Richard Barrett View Post
        But surely that's the worst of all - what's the point of a "race" where the track is so narrow and the cars so wide that overtaking is almost impossible?
        That's why I loved being there for the Thursday practice sessions

        The taste for single-seat racing cars didn't leave me during puberty, as it left your good self
        "...the isle is full of noises,
        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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        • MrGongGong
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 18357

          Originally posted by Richard Barrett View Post
          But surely that's the worst of all - what's the point of a "race" where the track is so narrow and the cars so wide that overtaking is almost impossible?
          It's a metaphor for politics ?

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          • Nick Armstrong
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 26573

            Originally posted by Caliban View Post
            But I still feel it's become too much of a precious, hi-tech circus, and all the aerodynamic finessing has spoilt the cars and the racing...
            Couple of others seem to think F1 is currently not all it's cracked up to be...

            Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton says Formula 1 is broken as it struggles to finalise rules for the next two years.
            "...the isle is full of noises,
            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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            • EdgeleyRob
              Guest
              • Nov 2010
              • 12180

              Hanging out washing
              Athens
              Eating out

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              • Alison
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 6468

                Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View Post
                Hanging out washing
                Athens
                Eating out
                good choices esp eating out!

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                • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                  Gone fishin'
                  • Sep 2011
                  • 30163

                  Sorry - what is "hanging out washing" supposed to be "cracked up to be" in the first place? Isn't it like emptying the bins - an unpleasant but necessary chore? Has anyone ever suggested that hanging out the washing is a wonderful experience?
                  [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                  • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                    Gone fishin'
                    • Sep 2011
                    • 30163

                    And does "eating out" mean "eating outside" - in which case I agree that, in this country at least, it isn't at all the joyous experience that many people have claimed (from Ann in the Famous Five onwards). Outdoor performances are even worse.

                    But if it means "eating away from home" (preferably with friends at a good restaurant) then it's always lived up to the crack in my experience.
                    [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                    • ahinton
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 16123

                      Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                      Sorry - what is "hanging out washing" supposed to be "cracked up to be" in the first place? Isn't it like emptying the bins - an unpleasant but necessary chore? Has anyone ever suggested that hanging out the washing is a wonderful experience?
                      And in any case hasn't anyone heard of tumble driers?

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                      • Mary Chambers
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 1963

                        Lettuce. Salad leaves in general.

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                        • teamsaint
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 25226

                          Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View Post
                          Hanging out washing
                          Athens
                          Eating out
                          Greece?
                          Georgia?

                          Both?

                          Athens GA gave Us REM and the B-52's remember....
                          I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                          I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                          • pastoralguy
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 7799

                            Originally posted by ahinton View Post
                            And in any case hasn't anyone heard of tumble driers?
                            Well yes, but they can be very expensive to run.

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                            • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                              Gone fishin'
                              • Sep 2011
                              • 30163

                              Originally posted by ahinton View Post
                              And in any case hasn't anyone heard of tumble driers?
                              Ferociously expensive to run.
                              [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                              • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                                Gone fishin'
                                • Sep 2011
                                • 30163

                                Originally posted by pastoralguy View Post
                                Well yes, but they can be very expensive to run.
                                SNAP!
                                [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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